When I am learning something new about AI, I try to explain it so a colleague outside the field could use the answer. The old shorthand was “explain it like I am ten.” If the idea survives that, I usually understand it. If it does not, I do not.
Each lesson has two registers: Plain, and the Terms used elsewhere. Plain is how I check the idea is actually in hand. That is a method for clarity, not a claim about anyone’s age or IQ.
I work on energy and technology at the U.S. Department of Energy as a Presidential Innovation Fellow, and I teach at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. This site is personal writing, not part of that work, and not an official government publication.
I was born in the Deep South and raised in Japan. I come from a military family and enlisted in the Air Force at seventeen. Since then I have worked in aerospace, law, health systems, and public service.
Away from the desk I hike, visit parks, travel, cook, and lift. More of that is on my writing site.
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